If the database is called MyTable, the constant date is Jan 1 2006, the
dates header is called dates and the criteria range is D1:D2, in D1 put
Dates and in D2 put

<1/9/06 (replace the date format with regional date format if not US dates)

If the constant date is in a cell like H2

="<"&H2

then use

=DCOUNT(MyTable,"Dates",D1:D2)


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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

http://nwexcelsolutions.com




"wacNTN" wrote in message
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I have a database in Excel that has several columns that are date values.
I
need to count the number of records that have a date that is prior to a
constant date. How do I do this?

Thanks,

Walter